Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 6

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✨ Provincial Notices



NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

J. WOODWARD,
ACTING PROVINCIAL SECRETARY.

VOL. IX.] TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1862. [No. 6.

NOTICE.

Superintendent’s office,
Wellington, Feb. 27, 1862.

WEDNESDAY, the 5th of March, being the day on which His Excellency SIR GEORGE GREY is expected to arrive in Wellington, the Public Offices will be closed on that day.

All Military and Civil Officers, Members of the Legislature, Clergymen of the different denominations, Justices of the Peace, and such of the Colonists and Natives as can conveniently attend, are invited to be present at His Excellency’s landing.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE SALE OF RECLAIMED LAND.

Superintendent’s office,
Wellington, Feb. 27, 1862.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sale of Reclaimed Land, notified in the Proclamation bearing date Wellington, the 26th November, 1861 to take place, on Wednesday, the 5th March, 1862, is postponed in consequence of the expected arrival of Sir George Grey, until one o’clock, p.m., on Friday, the 7th March, when the said land will be offered for sale at public auction at the office of the Provincial Treasury, Wellington, in terms and under the conditions of the Proclamation aforesaid.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1862.

The following letter from the Harbour Master Wellington, is published for general information.

J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Harbour Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1862.

SIR—, I have the honour to inform you, that, Captain Jackson has communicated to me the existence of a Sunken Rock on which the sea breaks heavily, discovered by him, his vessel the Shepherdess having struck upon it, some seven years ago. Captain Jackson has not been able to ascertain its true position, the Rocks probably lay about 2½ miles S.S.E. from the landing place at Stony Hurst, and in the track of Steamers and vessels trading to Port Cooper.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

JOHN HOLLIDAY.

His Honor,
the Superintendent.
Wellington.



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🏛️ Public Offices Closed for Governor's Arrival

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 February 1862
Governor, Public Offices, Closure, Wellington
  • George Grey (Sir), Expected arrival in Wellington

  • I. E. Featherston, Superintendent

🗺️ Postponement of Reclaimed Land Sale

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
27 February 1862
Land Sale, Reclaimed Land, Auction, Wellington
  • I. E. Featherston, Superintendent

🚂 Notice to Mariners about Sunken Rock

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 February 1862
Maritime Safety, Sunken Rock, Navigation Hazard, Wellington
  • Captain Jackson, Discovered sunken rock

  • J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary
  • John Holliday, Harbour Master